Corwin Malcolm Davis
Assistant professor, Pacific School of Religion
The Rev. Dr. Corwin Malcolm Davis serves as assistant professor of Africana religions, theologies and culture at Pacific School of Religion. His research engages African Diasporic religiosities, psychologies of religion, feminist and queer theories, and cultural studies.
An honors graduate of Belmont University, Davis earned an M.Div. from Vanderbilt Divinity School as a Dean’s Scholar. During his time there, he was a Cal Turner Fellow for Moral Leadership and was recognized with the Robert Lewis Butler Award and the William A. Newcomb Prize, presented to the student who best exemplifies the minister as theologian.
Davis earned his Ph.D. from Emory University, where he received the George W. Woodruff Fellowship, the Centennial Scholars Fellowship and externally awarded fellowships from the Louisville Institute, the Forum for Theological Exploration and Sacred Writes. He has also served in leadership as the associate director for the national Theological Education between the Times project and as the director of the Center for Academic Success at Candler School of Theology.
A third-generation clergyperson, Davis is an ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. His service for the church also includes his role as a consultant and editor for the AMEC Publishing House.
Lilly Endowment Inc. announces Exploring Christian Practices Initiative
The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith.
In this open and competitive initiative, the Endowment invites charitable organizations to submit proposals for grants of up to $2.5 million each that may be used for up to a five-year period to develop new and/or enhance existing programs that present promising strategies for advancing the aim of the initiative and provide compelling and thoughtful responses to its guiding questions. The Endowment anticipates awarding approximately 60 grants and announcing grant awards in December 2026.
The Endowment will host four virtual information sessions (February 17, 19, 24, and 25) to discuss the Exploring Christian Practices guidelines for submitting a proposal. An Interest Form and Letter of Interest are due March 25, 2026. Complete proposals are due May 18, 2026.
Learn More and register for information sessions